There are still such shameless people in this world!
You are obviously trying to trick people, but you still act like I am thinking about you and you need to thank me.
To be honest, even though he has broad knowledge, he still has never seen such a person.
Compared with the prince, those profiteers are nothing!
He breathed a long sigh of relief. Although his heart felt like angry waves, Zheng Shuo forced himself to calm down.
He knew very well that the prince was qualified to do this.
A person's degree of shamelessness is often inseparable from that person's status.
The prince, or the current prince, is qualified to target the Zheng family like this.
He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. At this time, Zheng Shuo couldn't feel the sweetness at all, but only felt that the tea was very bitter.
After cupping his hands, Zheng Shuo tried his best to make his voice as normal as possible and said, "In that case, just do as His Highness the Crown Prince said."
Seeing that Zheng Shuo actually agreed to this, Li Xian couldn't help but take a higher look at this person.
Needless to say, if it were Zheng Wen who came over, the three corpses would definitely jump into rage at this time.
In the eyes of others, what he did was simply unreasonable.
However, who would have thought that in the face of persecution, Zheng Shuo would actually accept it all.
The background of the five surnames is not scary. What is scary is that the man in front of him has the ability to lead a family through any storm.
Han Xin endured the humiliation and was able to become an unparalleled national scholar. Liu Bang endured the humiliation and was able to defeat the strong with the weak and create a century-old foundation for the Han Dynasty. What can Zheng Shuo gain by enduring the humiliation?
Unlike ordinary people's joy after successfully humiliating others, Li Xian only felt a little fear.
How could his series of operations lead to the emergence of such a person and take over the power of the Zheng family?
Obviously, Zheng Shuo is much more difficult to deal with than Zheng Wen!
Seeing that the prince did not answer, but just stared at him, Zheng Shuo asked confusedly: "Why is your highness the prince looking at me like this?"
Hearing Zheng Shuo's words, Li Xian came back to his senses, suppressed his inner guard against Zheng Shuo, and said with a smile: "I'm just thinking that Brother Zheng is not too old, but with Mr. Zheng Wen, In comparison, it's not even a bit stronger."
Hearing this, Zheng Shuo could only smile bitterly and said: "Your Highness, please don't praise me. I wonder when the Zheng family's money and food will be better off?"
"Immediately, of course. It can be said that construction is started on two fronts in Chang'an and Luoyang, and with the participation of young people from surrounding states, the cost of the project will become higher and higher. It is simply like a bottomless pit."
You also know this is a bottomless pit!
Gritting his teeth, Zheng Shuo stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Since His Highness thinks it is not necessary to delay, I will leave the palace right now and try to send the money and food to Chang'an and Luoyang as quickly as possible. As for the handover of money and food, please ask His Highness the Prince Send an official to handle the accounts with the Zheng family."
Seeing Zheng Shuo about to leave, Li Xian stood up and said with a smile: "Although the matter is urgent, it is not urgent. Brother Zheng has just become the head of the family, and it coincides with the death of Mr. Zheng. I'm afraid he hasn't celebrated yet, which is not good." Let’s celebrate. Gu ordered the cooks in the East Palace to prepare a sumptuous banquet. If Brother Zheng wants to leave, wouldn’t he have asked Gu Bai to prepare it?”
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"Brother Zheng, don't worry. I won't take up too much of your time. You can leave as soon as you finish your lunch. How about that?"
Facing Li Xian's temptation, Zheng Shuo still shook his head: "Your Highness, I still can't stay. I haven't fully accepted the affairs of the clan. Next time, next time, I'll be completely familiar with the head of the family. For the most important thing, I will definitely come to the East Palace to visit you again.”
Seeing that Zheng Shuo was unmoved in the face of temptation, Li Xian had no choice but to give up the idea of inviting him to dine in the East Palace.
After sending Zheng Shuo to the entrance of the palace, Li Xian couldn't help but smile when he saw Zheng Shuo leaving.
Although this person is quite troublesome, there is no need to be too wary. At most, just don't attack the Zheng family easily in the future. Some smart people have a shortcoming, that is, they will stop losses in time.
Just like today, when faced with a helpless situation, he would rather pay a sufficient price than fight to the end.
To deal with such a person, it is completely unnecessary to set up a conspiracy. As long as the direction of things is pushed to the situation like today, he will surrender himself.
After smiling, Li Xian ordered Li Yong to tell the kitchen that there was no need to prepare a banquet.
Time is rare, and there is still some time before noon. Such a long time would be a waste if not used to practice martial arts.
When something has become a habit, not doing it one day will make people feel particularly uncomfortable.
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From the beginning of practicing martial arts, I felt tired all over my body. Now, if I don't practice martial arts for a day, I will feel uncomfortable all over my body. Without the support of results, it is impossible to persevere.
The hard-working Ming Chongyan has now completely become Li Xian's personal trainer because of a promise he made.
The art of concealment seems simple, but after you actually come into contact with it, you will find that there is a lot of truth in it.
After rushing for time and practicing all the exercises, Li Xian originally thought of going back and taking a nap. Who knows, Dai Zhide actually brought someone to visit.
It's not quite right to call him a visit, because this guy was not wearing official uniform, but a suit of linen clothes, and he looked like he was about to go to work in the fields.
After bowing his hands in salute, Dai Zhide explained the purpose of his visit: "Your Majesty has ordered the prince and ministers to inspect the work-for-relief project and set off immediately without any mistakes."
"ah?"
After listening to Dai Zhide's words, Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what was going on.
The Tang Dynasty was not a later generation, so natural disasters of this level were naturally a top priority for the imperial court. Although it is not necessary to send the prince and the servants to the construction site to work, it is still necessary to check if necessary.
Although the doctrine of emperors teaches how the emperor should deal with the people, at this time, the emperor, or the royal family, still has to show his compassion.
After taking a look at Dai Zhide's linen clothes, Li Xian thought for a moment and still didn't go back to change.
"Then Dai Pushe, let's set off now."
"Wait a moment."
After calling the prince, Dai Zhide smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, even if you want to go down for inspection, why don't you change into linen clothes? No matter how much, you still have to show off."
Li Xian said impatiently: "Come on, wear sackcloth? Dai Pushe, how about we make a bet today?"
Hearing what the prince said, Dai Zhide was immediately confused: "I wonder what kind of bet your highness wants to make with Wei Chen?"
"Let's just bet that we go down to inspect the results. How about we divide the troops into two groups and see who has better results? The loser has to walk back to Chang'an, okay?"
The bet is nothing, and as for the content of the gamble, it is not a big deal. Dai Zhide, who was frowning, immediately agreed: "Of course there is no problem with this, but why is His Royal Highness so sure that he will win?"
Li Xian smiled, but was not prepared to tell him the reason.
Because he was traveling officially under the emperor's order, and because Li Xian felt that he needed to be more public, he allowed a thousand cattle guards and a thousand forbidden troops to serve as guards, and the ceremonial staff was also beaten out.
The large team of more than 2,000 people set off from Mingde Gate. It was a mighty force. In comparison, Dai Zhide, who left from Phoenix Gate, was just a carriage and a dozen guards. He was trembling to the extreme. .
Nowadays, young and strong people from all disaster-stricken state capitals will gather together. Under the leadership of Li Zheng, the county magistrate and the three-level leaders of Yizhou Biejia, they will rush to Chang'an to wait for arrangements.
Shangguan is still very capable. She funded the installation of many temporary wooden houses outside Chang'an City. Although they are simple and crude, they can also provide a place to rest for some migrant workers who came to Chang'an and were unable to catch up with the allotment that day.
Of course, charity is indispensable in disaster years. The food brought by these young people from home was all eaten on the way. Naturally, they cannot be left hungry when they arrive in Chang'an.
Although it has the name Sihailou, the place where the alms are given does not advertise that it is doing good deeds.
As for the wooden house she prepared, they also charge rent. Of course, the amount of rent is similar to the food they eat in a day.
After receiving the order from the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs, these migrant workers will rush to the construction site under the leadership of their respective Li Zheng.
The manpower of the state capital closest to Chang'an has been transferred to Luoyang, and those who come later will be arranged nearby.
Today, the construction site outside Chang'an City is filled with people.
Throughout the ages, the construction of official roads has been based on favorable circumstances. When encountering mountains and rivers, you will only open mountains and build bridges when it is truly unavoidable.
This time, Li Xian proposed to make it as straight as possible, which resulted in a huge amount of work.
If nothing else, even encountering a forest is enough work for the migrant workers.
Therefore, on the construction site, you can see people fighting with tree roots everywhere.
At this time, there is no other way to deal with the tree roots. It is to dig a hole. After digging to a certain depth, use an ax to cut off the roots that cannot be removed and pull out the tree stump.
Because the tools are primitive, so are the people.
When he saw a big man carrying a wet wooden stake the size of a water tank and walking swaying aside, Li Xiancai was sure that when he was in the countryside, some older people said that he did it The thing about living is not bragging.
Because of the backwardness of tools, manpower is particularly important, and manpower, when forced, can explode with sufficient power.
Unable to stand such a scene, Li Xian opened the curtains and pointed at the big man. Two guards immediately came over to help.
Although he had good intentions, when he saw the big man was so frightened that he was almost crushed by a tree stump when he saw the two officers and soldiers, Li Xian knew that he was doing bad things with good intentions.
Not far forward, a group of officials greeted him, led by Wang Bo.
Wang Bo is responsible for this section of the road.
When Li Xian sent him out of the palace to do things, he offered to start as a small foreman. As a result, the dignified guests of the prince soon turned black.
Li Xian opened the door curtain of the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, and looked at the migrant workers on the construction site still working under the scorching sun. Li Xian felt bad. It's not okay to have to work under the scorching sun. Not to mention sunburn, even heat stroke is enough for migrant workers.
Taking a look at Wang Bo, who had turned pitch black and had obvious sunburn marks on his face, Li Xian sighed and said helplessly: "It's such a hot day now, can't we stop working temporarily and wait until the afternoon gets cooler before starting again? "
Wang Bo saluted and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, I don't know that it was not the ministers who asked the migrant workers to do this, but the common people who spontaneously wanted to do it. They all thought that if they rested at noon, the court would withhold food. But the ministers It shows that even if they take a break at noon, the court will not deduct their wages, and they are unwilling to do so, thinking that they should do as much work as they get the food."
"According to the standards you set, migrant workers can not only earn their own rations by working, but they can also save some and send it home. In order to save more money and food for their families, they are not willing to rest even at noon. "
The manager of the Ministry of Industry who picked up the car with Wang Bo also stood up and said: "Your Highness, the humble ministers can testify that Wang Bin is right. This is all spontaneously done by the people."
Looking at the sweaty migrant workers working on the construction site, Li Xian still found it difficult to convince himself.
No, working at noon is too much trouble.
"No matter what they think, anyway, starting from today, we will give them an hour and a half to rest at noon, and wait until the hottest time has passed before starting work. This is an order."
Hearing what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, Wang Bo had no choice but to accept the order.
Accompanied by a group of small officials, Li Xian walked around this section of the construction site.
A rough estimate is that there are about a thousand people working here.
After looking around for a while, he couldn't find what he wanted. Li Xian couldn't help but look at Wang Bo and wondered: "Why didn't I see the water supply? Why didn't I see the toilet? There is also mung bean soup. It's such a hot day." , won’t you prepare some mung bean soup for them?”
Wang Bo wondered: "Your Highness, why do you need to set up a drinking water station? There is a creek not far from the construction site, and these migrant workers all drink water from the creek. As for the toilet, everyone just finds a place to go out, that is The same is true, Xiaguan. As for mung bean soup, it would be too expensive to feed a thousand people, so Wei Chen ordered people to collect some herbs to remove summer heat, boil them every night, and distribute them. In this way, some diseases can be avoided. People are suffering from heatstroke.”
Glancing at Wang Bo, Li Xian said speechlessly: "Is this how you become a foreman? The water in the creek is not clean, and you will easily get sick if you drink it. If you go out casually, you will attract a large number of mosquitoes and flies. What if it causes a plague? As for mung beans, If you spend something, spend something. We are not short of money now, so why not give more benefits to the people?"
After hearing what the prince said, Wang Bo and other minor officials looked at each other and then saluted and said, "I understand."
Seeing their looks, Li Xian knew that they didn't listen at all and just followed the orders mechanically.
In the past, when I encountered inspections by superior leaders, they would give pointers here and there, which made me feel very annoyed.
Now, who would have thought that he would become like this.
